Taniya Dutta

Fourth-generation confectioner Adesh Kumar doles out cosiness in a bowl

Crowds overwhelm ticket counters before major spiritual event in Andhra Pradesh

It is her first trip abroad since being released from house arrest last year after facing several corruption charges

Monitoring agency says shock was most powerful reported within 200km radius of city of Shigatse in five years

Officers were returning from an operation in Chhattisgarh state, where five alleged insurgents were killed

Authorities say high temperatures and prolonged heatwaves were caused by climate change

New Delhi offers 'all possible help' to family of Nimisha Priya

New Delhi police launch investigation after email claims 'many people will be injured when the bombs detonate'

Seamstresses are working with social enterprise SilaiWali to turn waste into embroidered dolls

Sectarian tension escalates in Bangladesh between Hindus and Muslims after the arrest of Hindu monk

At least 12 people have died in Tamil Nadu state and another 16 in Sri Lanka

Seven missing after mudslide in southern India, with 470,000 sheltering in temporary relief camps in Sri Lanka

Arrest of community leader Chinmoy Krishna Das led to clashes in Dhaka and Chittagong

Clashes erupted as authorities arrived at the Shahi Jama Mosque, which Hindus claim was built on the site of a temple demolished in 1529